Bischoff Sentenced in Mercy Killing
September 12th, 2006 | by Craig |James Bischoff was sentenced yesterday in his mercy killing.
Judge Tucker deviated from the plea agreement, which was for two years, by sentencing Bischoff to six years to run concurrently with his Idaho sentence for bank robbery.
Quoth Tucker:
“You’ve made a terrible mess of your career and your life,” Tucker said. “I’m hopeful that you can still do some things for yourself and perhaps for others.”
See also: Great Falls Tribune.
Randy sent this link with the question, “Is it over?”
Just a hunch, but I’ll bet it isn’t.
3 Responses to “Bischoff Sentenced in Mercy Killing”
By BIRDZILLA on Sep 12, 2006 | Reply
Some may call it murecy killing but its still 1st degree murder now just think if he had shot a dog they would be demanding his head
By Diane Allison on Oct 6, 2006 | Reply
With regard to him being in more trouble had he killed a dog, no one did a darn thing about his wolfdogs running loose until they were hit by vehicles. I think the dog issue is moot. He was my physician for several years and he was then unstable and a detriment to the community and a certain black eye to the medical community. I knew his wife who died in a car accident that was rather odd. She was leaving him. He is an abusive man with a drug problem and he self treated his bi-polar disorder with more drugs than were needed, often using patient prescriptions. Once, when having my son examined, Bischoff jumped up and got a rolodex file of photographs he had taken; all of them were of animals breeding, and showed them to my son. We left abruptly. I did have to see him in the ER once after that for back spasms. I had been out target shooting and when I got to the hospital he played with my pistol for about 10 minutes before he even turned around to inquire as to how I was. I have seen the man so high that his eyes looked like they were bleeding. He has threatened people. Several individuals at the hospital and nursing home where he practiced said that he went around saying he felt like God. He is suspected in other deaths of elderly patients, as well.
While Jim could be a very pleasant and friendly man, he had no business practicing medicine and using drugs that weren’t designed to treat his bi-polar disorder.